Sunday, 28 November 2010

New York & Japan Haul

A few readers asked about what I had purchased during my recent trip so here are the pics! Several of these are actually purchases for friends, like the Tokidoki Robbery palette, the Wet'n'Wild and Physicians Formula Shimmer Strip palettes on the left side of the pic. I've already reviewed some of these, like the Magie Deco, Anna Sui and Addiction items, so I won't elaborate on them in this post. Sephora happened to be having its 20% VIB discount during my trip so I took the chance to haul Philosophy shower gels. This prettily packaged Peppermint Bark Shampoo, Shower Gel & Bubble Bath was an absolute steal at just US$5 with any Philosophy purchase at Sephora. Philosophy Glow & Behold Celestial Citrus Shampoo, Shower Gel & Bubble Bath. The Melting Marshmallow set with a Body Lotion, lipgloss and Shampoo, Shower Gel & Bubble Bath. Josie Maran Argan Lip TreatmentAt Saks 5th Avenue, I picked up the Giorgio Armani travel brush set. Priced at US$100, it is supposed to have a retail value of US$200. It includes an eye contour brush, a concealer brush, an eye shader brush, a blender brush and a blush brush.Another new brush is Stila's #33 One Step Complexion Brush. According to the description on Sephora, one side beautifully blends liquid, creams, and powder foundation into your skin, while the other delivers precision concealing for a perfected, polished complexion. The synthetic bristles are shaped to imitate application with your fingertips, but are firmer and more flexible for quicker, easier makeup application. The tapered brush tip can burrow into tiny, hard-to-reach crevices and the synthetic bristles eliminate the transfer of oils and bacteria. It can also be used to apply eyeshadow and cheek color. At the drugstore, I bought a clutch of L'Oreal HIP eyeshadows. Some are permanent shades while the others are from the new Midnight Muse collection. I tried to pick the duos with more complex colours. Wet'n'Wild ColorIcon Lust palette. Sally Hansen HD Nail Color in DVD and Wet'n'Wild ColorIcon Nail Color in Prowler. In Japan, I picked up this newly released Shiseido #131 Foundation Brush, which can be used with powder, liquid, cream and stick foundations. The normal retail price is 1890yen but I got it at 30% off at a drugstore. Visee Glam Nude Eyes N-6 Rose Pink FurCanmake Cheek Gradation #6Shiseido's new Tsubaki Water is a leave-in hair treatment spray with Tsubaki's trademark camellia oil to help nourish hair. Paul & Joe Sister, Liberty and Anna Sui handkerchieves. And finally, some snacks for the hubby! :-)

I love your haul! Sally hansen's HD collection is wonderful, and we need to have it here for a more affordable price. Physician Formula shimmer strips are great drugstore stuff (we also need them here) Love the intense shades you picked up from L'oreal Hip!

hi Hannah,The bristles are synthethic, very similar to the Body Shop's brushes and they feel very soft. There are no instructions on the package, but my guess it that you dab it in the foundation and apply, then swirl to blend it out. The diameter is about 20cm.

oh wow! Looking at everything at one go looks awesome! I love how the canmake blush looks!!! Sooooo pretty (is it available here? I'd like one) and I love how the Sally Hansen HD polish looks - seen some on Scrangie I think. And I'm totally keeping an eye out for the Stila #33 brush!

hey Kasg,the Sally Hansen n/p looks awesome in the bottle! But it cost more than 3 times what the WnW one cost. The Canmake blush is available in Singapore but about twice the price, which is why I bought it in Japan instead where it is 840yen, about S$13. It costs over S$20 here.

Great haul! Thanks for posting. The Shiseido brush looks really interesting - the slant will make a difference, I think. It'll be cool to get your opinion comparing the Armani blender brush and the Shiseido one later. Cheers!

Wow, complete package! I like every piece that you bought. Pretty shade plus some stuff from Paul&Joe sister. The brushes as well. Take a look at my blog too when you like. I'm new in blogging. I hope you like it too.Btw, I'm Ginger. I'm looking forward for your review:). ThanksKisses from Germany.

PS: havent posted comments here for quite a while cos i'm quite busy for the past few months...but i still read ur blog on a daily basis...btw, my leechie mum was making noise abt my recent cosmetics shopping again =.="

Hey HaruThanks for showing your makeup stash, hehe luckily you got food for your hubby to stop him from nag nag nag hehe. i did the same too and sometimes i simply shot him "wei, i use my own money to buy ok" to a stop and it works :P more like a family joke.

Nice shiseido and Giogio armani brush, i didn't try them out and hope it works well for you. Haru, can i ask for a recommendation on brush? Besides MAC makeup brush, which other counter brand do you think offer quality foundation brush?

in my mind, there bobbi brown, shu umera and your recommended GA brush here..but not so sure how they fare Thanks!

Dear Haruthanks so much, i will go check out your recommendation since there is Bourjois and The body shop in Plaza singapura. thought of venturing out to using tool blush since i have been using fingers to apply all my time :P

thinking back, i actually have used Bare essential mineral face brush before, strange it's rather soft on face and won't be irritating but scored very lowly in makeupalley. the ecotools face brush looks great since it's available in watsons. thanks and good day ahead

As mentioned in the post, several of the items are for friends. It's impossible for me to use up all my makeup but I do use up some items now and then. Even so, I don't think there's anything wrong with not using up makeup, as I do actually use my makeup almost every day plus I review many products for the blog.